News 04.13.16
13 April 2016 News
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer didn’t have the information some town of Marshfield residents wanted to hear when it comes wind turbines at a Fond du lac County Board of Health meeting last week. Following up from a meeting earlier this year Public Health Officer Kim Mueller presented the board with the latest information provided by state and federal officials. Mueller says the most up to date information gathered can’t find a direct impact on wind turbines and human health. Town residents who have attended a number of meetings in the past swear its not their imagination and their health has been negatively impacted by the turbines. But Mueller says the data that has been collected so far can’t reach that conclusion. More than two years ago the county board approved a resolution asking for a state study. But money included in the state budget for a study was removed by the Republican controlled Jt. Finance Committee.
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ASTOP and Agnesian HealthCare’s Domestic Violence Program have a new home. ASTOP Executive Director Jan McDonough says the new location is located at 21 South Marr Street, and is an Agnesian-owned facility. McDonough says this new location will provide more space and allow for both services to be offered at the same location. The location is located across the street from the Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts and near the Fond du Lac Public Library.
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Two people have been charged in the death of a man whose body was found in a Waupaca County ditch. Prosecutors filed charges of first-degree intentional homicide and robbery with the use of force against 16-year-old Zachary Hohn of Tigerton and 24-year-old Adam Ozuna, of Bear Creek. Authorities executed a search warrant Monday at a Bear Creek home a few miles from where the man’s body was found along Airport Road near County Highway D, near Clintonville. An autopsy on the body of the man in his mid-20s was completed on Tuesday.
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There’s a new wrinkle to Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin. There will be TWO tornado drills on Thursday. Tod Pritchard with Wisconsin Emergency Management says there will be the traditional 1:00 statewide mock tornado watch and 1:45 mock tornado warning — and a later, second drill. Pitchard says they felt it was a good idea to do a drill when people are normally home, so the second drill will be at 6:55pm. Pritchard says it’s an opportunity to inform and educate the public. Pritchard says that’s a great time to make sure your family knows exactly what to do when severe weather threatens.
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Oshkosh Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s re-election campaign feels emboldened by the outcome of last week’s election in Wisconsin, even as the incumbent struggles to raise as much money as Democratic challenger Russ Feingold. Johnson raised about 60 percent less than Feingold in the first three months of the year. Feingold brought in nearly $3.4 million compared with $2.1 million for Johnson. But Johnson’s campaign manager Betsy Ankney says “we are confident we will have the resources we need to win.” Ankney says the political climate in Wisconsin remains favorable for Johnson. She points to high Republican voter turnout in Wisconsin’s presidential primary and the victory of a conservative state Supreme Court justice. The election is Nov. 8.
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